Kessiah
Masculine
Kessiah is given to both — 88 boys and 58 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Kessiah entered the US charts in 2017 and is at its record high, #3848 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Kessiah?
Kessiah first appears in US birth records in 2017 — 8 years ago. Kessiah is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Kessiahs are still in diapers. Fewer than a hundred people named Kessiah are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Kessiah most popular?
Kessiah peaked in 2025, reaching #3848 nationally. Today it ranks #3848, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2017
- Most boys named
- 202528 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3848reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +33.3%28 in 2025, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kessiah in other languages
Kessiahs among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Kessiah are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
About 1 boy in 61,003 born in 2025 was named Kessiah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Liban test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kessiah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Liban climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Liban's path sketches the road Kessiah is walking now.
Kessiah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kessiah is headed
Kessiah is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 168% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kessiah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kessiah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kessiahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Kessiah are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Kessiah in 2025?
- Kessiah ranks #3848 among US boy names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kessiah?
- About 1 in every 61,003 US boys born in 2025 was named Kessiah — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kessiah with classmates?
- Kessiah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kessiah
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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